11-13-2013

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Year xliii. Volume lxxxiv. Issue XLI

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The nine most frequent countries that international students at BU hail from, according to data from 2012 enrollment statistics.

By Paola Salazar Daily Free Press Staff

The amount of international students choosing colleges in the United States for an education is increasing, according to a

Monday report from The Institute of International Education, and the number of such students at Boston University is growing at a rate above the national figure.

The 819,644 international students who

chose to come to the U.S. for a college education in the 2012-13 academic year added $24 billion to the U.S. economy, according to the report titled “Open Doors.” This is a 7 percent increase from the 2011-12 academic year, the highest the United States has seen in recent years.

Jeanne Kelley, director of BU’s International Student and Scholar Organization, said between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years, BU saw a 9 percent increase in the amount of international students.

“We make it our goal to keep increasing the number of international students here,” Kelley said. “They offer a different perspective to campus, to the classroom and to community life on campus … and provide a more global environment.”

Kelley said the United States has always been a destination for international students, and it is important for universities to find a balance between international and domestic students on campus.

“Between Boston being such an exciting city and having this desired university, they [BU and the city] both combine and attract students from all over the world,” Kelley said.

The number of U.S. students studying in foreign countries rose only by 3 percent, with only about 10 percent of students in

Internationals, see page 2

BU press conf. on Wednesday

By Margaret Waterman Daily Free Press Staff

Boston University President Robert Brown and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will host a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss Menino’s future after his tenure as mayor is complete, officials confirmed.

Menino and Brown will speak at 10 a.m. at 100 Bay State Road, BU spokesman Colin Riley said. Both BU officials and officials from Menino’s office declined to add any further detail.

This news comes in the wake of several news outlets’ reports that Menino will continue his career at BU after leaving his position at City Hall. Menino will leave office on Jan. 6, 2014 to be replaced by mayor-elect Martin Walsh.

The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Menino will direct BU’s new Initiative on Cities, which will study urban issues all over the world. The Initiative on Cities falls within BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, according to the article.

The Center was created in 2000.

Boston residents attend hearing to vouch for Workers’ Bill of Rights Officials urge students

By Steven Dufour Daily Free Press Staff

Around 80 people crammed into a hearing room in the Mass. State House Tuesday to lobby a bill that would give more rights to domestic workers across the Commonwealth.

Eighteen workers, employers, legislators and other sponsors offered reasons why Boston officials should quickly approve the Act Establishing the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights to representatives on the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. Some speakers came to tears during their speeches.

“This bill is just a basic standard of dignity,” said Steven Tolman, president of the Massachusetts American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations at the hearing. “Let’s send the message of how important it is that we as legislators in Massachusetts support … the progress, the justice, the equity in making sure that indentured servants don’t exist in Massachusetts, that slavery doesn’t exist in

Massachusetts.”

The bill, number 882 in the Senate and 1750 in the House of Representatives, would guarantee rights including meal and rest breaks, vacation and sick days, and protection from sexual harassment and eviction without notice for people who are employed as personal care assistants.

Citing mutual benefit for both sides, workers as well as employers spoke about the importance of the bill’s passage at the hearing.

“I would not be able to live freely without the help of my wonderful personal care assistants,” said Anne Johansen, 62, a disabled Quincy resident who employs three personal care attendants. “PCAs have some [legal] protections and are slowly working their way toward decent pay and benefits.

Unfortunately, many other domestic workers in private homes have even fewer rights and protections.”

Sonia Soares, a housekeeper who lives in Lynn, was one of three workers who broke into tears describing the physical

abuse she has experienced doing her job.

“For the past 28 years, I have been a domestic worker in the U.S.,” she said. “I love what I do … [but] we suffer many kinds of abuse. I personally have been slapped in the face, pushed, yelled at and sexually harassed … I come here today because I am looking for guidance on how to continue to value myself and my work. I am looking to you [legislators] and hope you can see that every domestic worker should be treated with the dignity and respect she deserves.”

The bill is co-sponsored by Mass. Rep. Michael Moran and Mass. Sen. Anthony Petruccelli, but more than 80 legislators and 70 outside groups have voiced their support, according to a Monday release from the Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers. MCDW officials were the primary organizers for the hearing’s attendance.

“Over the course of this legislative session, we have talked a lot about valuing

Workers’ Rights, see page 2

to change passwords after BU cyberattack

By Taryn Ottaunick Daily Free Press Staff

Due to recent hacks on Adobe Systems, Boston University officials are encouraging affiliates with Adobe accounts to change their account passwords for personal protection, BU Information Security officials said.

Students with Adobe accounts, which are often used by students and faculty to download popular programs such as Photoshop, could potentially face hacks outside of Adobe if they used the same passwords for different online accounts on various sites, said Executive Director of Information Security Quinn Shamblin.

“The general problem is that people tend to use the same passwords and the same usernames across multiple systems,” he said. “So

Cyberattack, see page 4

Prosecutors push for fall 2014 trial against Boston Marathon bombing suspect

By Kyle Plantz Daily Free Press Staff

A federal judge ruled Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in South Boston that the government has until Jan. 31 to decide if they will seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Judge George O’Toole Jr. put in place the deadline after prosecutor U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said they will make a confidential recommendation to U.S. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder by the end of the week, which is past the Oct. 31 deadline they initially set.

The prosecution also want to put Tsarnaev on trial in fall 2014, which the defense said was “completely unworkable” for such a complex case. The defense also have until Feb. 28 to notify O’Toole if they plan to petition for a change of venue for the trial, such as in another state, to seek an impartial jury.

Tsarnaev, 20, has 30 charges against him, some of which carry the possibility of the death penalty, for allegedly planting bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15.

The bombs injured more than 260 people and killed three people. He was captured after a prolonged manhunt that week on April 19 in Watertown and his brother Tamerlan, who allegedly helped him, was killed during a firefight.

Tsarnaev plead not guilty to all charges on July 10.

If the Department of Justice seeks the death penalty, prosecutors said the trial could potentially last three months and a separate sentencing trial could last another two months if they seek the death penalty.

“This is obviously a significant event in the life of the case,” O’Toole said. “I think it’s something we need to know. Three months from now is enough.”

O’Toole said he would take everything into advisement and made no ruling on the decision.

Defense lawyers also argued that the conditions of Tsarnaev’s confinement at Fort Devens are too restrictive and the “Special Administra-

Tsarnaev, see page 2

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William Fick (left) and Timothy Watkins (right) leave the John Joseph Moakley federal courthouse in South Boston after a pre-trial hearing for Dzhokar Tsarnaev Tuesday morning. Fick and Watkins, Tsarnaev’s lawyers, left without speaking to the media.

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ACLU challenges restrictions on Tsarnaev More than 80 legislators, 70 tsarnaev: From Page 1

tive Measures,” or restrictions placed on Tsarnaev on whom he can talk to, including members on his defense team, were unjustifiably limiting their access to their client and violated his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial.

“The problem is who gets to decide which materials are legitimate materials related to defense and which aren’t,” said defense attorney Timothy Watkins. “Given the qualifications and the clearances the defense has already undergone to be able to go into the detention facility, it’s really a restriction where there’s no reason for it.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief on Nov. 6 arguing that the restrictions on Tsarnaev are unconstitutional because it makes it more difficult for the defense to make their case. O’Toole ruled on Monday that the ACLU would not be permitted to speak on Tsarnaev’s behalf and

barred them from the courtroom.

Prosecutors said the restrictive measures are necessary to ensure that Tsarnaev does not commit more acts of terrorism.

“The government has nothing to hide,” said U.S. Attorney William Weinreb. “We are not in any way attempting to inhibit the defense from conducting a thorough investigation of this case. Obviously, it was a potential death-penalty case from the start. They don’t have to open their files to us and we don’t have to open our files to them.”

Weinreb said they have worked with the defense to give access to documents, but acknowledged that they did not turn over the copies of the medical records of the over 260 bombing victims or the autopsy photos of the three spectators killed.

“We have voluntarily stepped up and combed through all of our files carefully to identify both evidence that the defense has identified as mitigating and that we have identified as mitigating early so they have

the benefit of that evidence,” he said.

“We’ve erred on the side of caution and we’ve produced everything we believe corresponds to genuine categories of favorable material evidence that they could use.”

Miriam Conrad, defense attorney, said they have filed Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain more information from the government and prosecutors were trying to speed up the process of the case without fairly sharing evidence.

“This is not a level playing field,” she said. “We don’t have a grand jury.

We don’t have the power to subpoena witnesses and hold them in contempt if they don’t appear. They have the attitude of ‘we’ll give it to you if we feel like it, when we feel like it.’ It appears the government is trying to retain every possible advantage in this case for itself.”

O’Toole said he would take both arguments under advisement and scheduled the next status conference for Feb. 12.

groups support workers’ bill Workers’ rIghts: From Page 1

work and encouraging people to get jobs and go to work and be supportive of themselves,” said Mass. Rep. Paul Brodeur, one of the bill’s endorsing legislators.

“If we are going to do that, we have to level the playing field. We have to be fair to everyone, and I suggest that this [bill] is the kind of mechanism that these folks need.”

The seven representatives present from the joint committee had two questions about possible forms of enactment for the bill, but did not question the merit of the proposal.

The bill is not an overhaul of worker’s rights that gives more advantages to PCAs, but rather a way to make sure all workers can get the same liberties, said Marinalva Pinto, 57, a domestic worker and Roxbury resident.

“Should the bill pass, it’s going to better define the job for a lot of people who wouldn’t always get rights they deserve,” she said. “If you work for someone, there’s no reason you should not get paid. There’s no reason someone should be abused. It needs to be defined for employees and employers, and this should make everyone happy.”

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International students seek flexibility, new perspective at BU InternatIonals: From Page 1

U.S. universities studying abroad at some point during their education, according to the study.

Massachusetts experienced a 13 percent increase in international students in the 2012-13 academic year, according to the study. California has the highest number of international students, followed by New York, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. Students from China, India and South Korea currently represent 49 percent of the total number of international students in the U.S. International relations professor Cornel Ban said the high status of U.S. colleges and the participatory nature of professors is what attracts international students to seek out a higher education in America.

“Professors [in the United States] make a point of creating a more horizontal relationship with their students, they seek out their opinions more,” Ban said. “There’s about 30 percent of professors at BU that are foreign-born … That offers a bit of familiarity to these

students, gives them that sense of social mobility. I think if the U.S. continues to have a competitive nature among instructors and this kind of diversity, it will continue to appeal to students.”

Compared to other schools, Ban said he sees more of an international student presence at BU. Other countries in the world are trying to create a significant international-student presence, but are still far behind the United States.

“If the U.S. has any promise in the future, I think this is a good thing to keep [international student presence],” Ban said. “It [a global presence] benefits the U.S. economy because there’s students staying in extended periods of time contributing to the U.S. economy. I think pretty much everybody wins here.”

Jerry Liu, a College of Arts and Sciences freshman from China, said he chose to study outside of his home country because higher education in China is not as advanced as the U.S. education system. Additionally, he said pursuing

a better education and learning to live independently away from home has been a valuable experience.

“My parents gave me the chance for this adventure to live by myself and learn by myself,” Liu said. “It’s better for me because I can grow and it’s definitely a better education … I chose BU because I’d been here before and found Boston is a great city, there’s no fear of different cultures, knowledge and experience.”

Varsha Naik, a College of Fine Arts freshman from India, said she chose to study in Boston because of the flexibility in the education system.

“I chose to study in the U.S. because of … the endless possibilities,” Naik said. “The U.K., for example, has a very rigid system which I have experienced as I went to a British high school in India …

I hope to gain hands-on experience in my field of study [at BU], but more so I just want to discover the possibilities open to me with fine arts and sociology.”

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Campus & City City Crime Logs

Nov.7 toNov.12

By Felicia Gans Daily Free Press Staff

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Nov. 7 to Nov. 12.

Man crashes car while drunk On Thursday at about 2:28 a.m., officers responded to an accident at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way. Officers met a woman who witnessed the accident and a man who claimed to be a passenger in one of the cars. The passenger stated that the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. Officers noticed the man had slurred speech and smelled like alcohol.

The witness explained the accident to the officers. At this point, officers assumed the “passenger” was the one who had been operating the vehicle and performed a field sobriety test. The suspect failed the test and was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol. Three cars were damaged as a result of the accident and no one was seriously injured.

Fight outside concert venue On Friday at about 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a call for assault and battery at the Boston University Police Station at 32 Harry Agganis Way. The victim met the officers and stated that she was at the Paradise Rock Club at 967 Commonwealth Ave. when she was removed for accidentally slapping someone while dancing. She attempted to re-enter the club, but the man at the door pushed her away.

The victim stated she was in shock and smacked the man, who then grabbed her throat and shoved her away. After examining the marks on the victim’s neck, the officers went to the club and spoke with the man working the door. The man admitted to everything except for choking the victim.

Patron punches window at bar At about 3 a.m. on Sunday, a female victim reported an incident that happened at about 1 a.m. at Joey’s Bar at 416 Market St. She stated there was a fight between six patrons in the bar and the management asked them to leave. One of the patrons was angry that he could not re-enter the bar and punched one of the windowpanes on the front door. Pieces of the glass cut the victim’s face and she had to be taken to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center for treatment. While the victim was there, the suspect arrived at the hospital for treatment for his arm.

Suspect steals pills on the street Officers responded to a call at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harvard Avenue at about 11:46 a.m. on Monday. The victim told officers the suspect approached him and complained of leg pain. The victim pulled out a bottle of pills to help him. The suspect grabbed the bottle, which contained 26 pills and ran away. As officers searched the area, the suspect was found walking back to the scene. Officers questioned the suspect and searched the suspect’s bag, but no pills were found.

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Lucky Star resumes service to New York Despite Harvard

deficit, university grows in Allston

By Julia Metjian Daily Free Press Staff

Lucky Star buses resumed service Friday between Boston and New York City for the first time in five months following a shutdown from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in June due to safety violations.

After spending almost $1 million to train drivers and repair buses, the business has already shown acceleration, said Sheldon Yong, operations manager for Lucky Star.

“A lot of customers have been calling,” he said. “From Boston to New York and New York to Boston, it gets busier and busier every day.”

Lucky Star was shut down, along with Fung Wah, another bus service that ran between New York and Boston, after dual investigations from the Boston Department of Public Utilities and FMCSA. Fung Wah has not yet been approved for full service.

Lucky Star was found to be in violation of 69 federal safety codes for bus services on two separate investigations in May 2013, one of which was a four-foot-by-two-foot hole in the bottom of a bus, according to the federal report mandating it

By Hannah Clark Daily Free Press Staff

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Lucky Star bus company reopened Friday after the government closed the company down due to a lack of compliance with safety measures.

stop service.

In order to get back on the road, Lucky Star renovated or replaced much of its fleet and had to implement stricter requirements for driver training and sobriety to meet federal codes.

Yong said the bus service is doing better than ever, and passengers have no reason to worry about quality of service.

“Safety for our passengers is the

most important thing,” he said. “It [a shutdown] will not happen again.

We do everything we can. We train everybody, drivers and officers … to ensure that they comply with the regulations.”

The FMCSA had been processing Lucky Star’s request to return to service for several months before giving final approval. Even though Lucky Star just passed all standards,

Lucky Star, see page 4

Complaint accuses Coakley of campaign violations

By Sarah Capungan Daily Free Press Staff

Following an independent investigation by the Massachusetts Republican Party revealing multiple campaign finance violations, MassGOP Chairwoman Kristen Hughes filed a Federal Elections Commission complaint Tuesday against Attorney Gen. Martha Coakley, urging the committee to take whatever corrective action the committee deems appropriate against her.

Hughes called for the investigation on Coakley after the Boston Globe published a spotlight series with details showing Coakley’s campaign for governor may have illegally used money from Coakley’s federal account as attorney general instead for state activities because the balances on the account did not match certain reported expenditures.

“If it turns out that these allegations are true … this disqualifies her from getting the Democratic nomination, and certainly people would have to weigh her actions and her record against that of the Republicans,” said Will Ritter, spokesman for MassGOP. The spotlight series by the Boston Globe, which was published

Nov. 3, stated Coakley’s campaign used money from her federal account, which was set up when she ran for U.S. Senate in 2009, to pay for advertising during the state party convention before announcing that she was running for governor.

Coakley also purchased volunteer database software for $35,000 during her race for Senate, which may have also been used for her state campaign.

The FEC sent emails notifying Coakley about the account, but were ignored leading to a delay in resolving the issue. Ritter said Coakley is entirely responsible and should not run in the 2014 gubernatorial election.

“For a person who is the top cop, who is the attorney general, for her to be so flagrantly out of line with her own finances just shows liberal hypocrisy and incompetence that we don’t think should be allowed in the governor’s office,” he said.

Kyle Sullivan, spokesman of the Coakley campaign, said the emails were sent to a non-functioning email address and were not seen by Coakley or her campaign, which explains why the emails were not responded to.

“At some point after the end of the Senate election, the FEC began

sending notices about the Coakley federal account to an invalid email address,” he said. “The Committee was not aware of the issues with the reports because they did not receive the email notices. Once we were made aware of the issues, the campaign moved immediately to contact the FEC and address the issues.”

Sullivan said the federal account money she spent during the state party convention was due to a mistake by her campaign and steps are being now taken to close the federal account.

“It appears that a $1,200 ad placed in the state convention was incorrectly paid for from that account instead of her state account,” he said. “We regret the error and will reimburse the funds. The Coakley Committee is working with the FEC to file amended reports, and once that is complete will be taking steps to close the federal account by the end of the year.”

Katie Prisco-Buxbaum, spokesman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said the investigation against Coakley is a political move by the Republicans to distract voters from Charlie Baker’s role in fi-

Coakley, see page 4

Although it had a reported deficit of $34 million from last year, Harvard University is moving forward with plans to expand the Harvard Business School, residences and athletic facilities in Allston.

On Friday, Harvard University President Drew Faust and Chief Financial Officer Daniel Shore released the university’s financial report for the 2013 fiscal year, showing a $34 million budget deficit, up from the $7.9 million deficit reported for 2012. “[The deficit is] not going to affect anything that’s already been proposed because … they had the funds for [the project] when they proposed it,” said Ray Mellone, chair of the Harvard-Allston Task Force. “I don’t think there are going to be embellishments to it, but the proposal is rock solid because they don’t take things lightly … they don’t make stupid mistakes with expenses they can’t handle.”

The report comes within a month of the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s approval of Harvard University’s Institutional Master Plan for development in Allston on Oct. 17. The plan includes projects for increased green space, improved transportation networks and pedestrian access, redevelopment of Barry’s Corner and a science building as additions to the Allston campus.

With a $32.7 billion endowment, Harvard University has the largest of any university, but Faust said in the report that Harvard is not immune to dependency on revenues that face pressures caused by the economy.

In September, the university launched the Harvard Campaign, which is intended to raise $6.5 billion to provide support for various advancements, including the developments in Allston.

Randall Ellis, professor of economics at Boston University, said Harvard’s high fundraising goals shows that the university can find money in other places and does not expect the deficit to cripple their projects. “[They want] to motivate the donors to give huge amounts of money to Harvard,” he said. “You don’t motivate donors by saying, ‘Things are looking good, we have a very rosy future.’ The donations were more

Harvard-Allston, see page 4

BU students create Art Marathon to honor bombing heroes

By Olivia Deng Daily Free Press Staff

In honor of the heroes who helped others after the Boston Marathon bombings in April, two Boston University students founded Still Running: An Art Marathon for Boston, which opened its first art exhibition at the on Thursday.

Taylor Mortell, a College of Fine Arts sophomore, and Luca De Gaetano, a 2013 Master of Fine Arts graduate, created the concept of Still Running in May. The show debuted at the Arnheim Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Mortell said she and De Gaetano gathered inspiration for this project from the altruism they witnessed in the weeks following the Boston Marathon bombings.

“What motivated us to start Still Running was after the mara-

thon tragedy, like pretty much everyone else in Boston, Luca and I … felt like we have lost our sense of safety and that was really concerning,” Mortell said.

“But the other thing that really struck us about the event was all the random acts of kindness that followed … And Luca and I, both being artists, were very motivated to contribute and be a part of the positive energy.”

After the exhibition at Arnheim concludes on Nov. 23, many of the pieces will hang in the George Sherman Union, Mortell said. Those that are not chosen for display in the GSU will go to the Boston Medical Center and hang in its new emergency room facility.

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The “Still Running: An Art Marathon for Boston” is displayed at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

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Some Kerberos passwords Some residents excited for Lucky Star return at risk in Adobe cyberattack luCky star: From Page 3

dicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems,” he said in the post.

Victims of the hackings were notified and offered compensation, Arkin said.

“At this time, we do not believe the attackers removed decrypted credit or debit card numbers from our systems,” he said. “We deeply regret that this incident occurred. We’re working diligently internally, as well as with external partners and law enforcement, to address the incident.”

Although Adobe officials are taking measures to fix this crisis, Shamblin said he cautions Adobe users at BU to protect themselves from hackers by changing the passwords to their Adobe accounts as well as any other online accounts with the same password, especially accounts that may have user credit card information on file.

“It’s human nature for us to try to simplify our lives, so many people use the same password all over the place,” he said. “So they need to go change it all over the place. If they change the password, they probably will be protected, because the stolen information will not allow the hackers to get in there and do anything with the account.”

Despite the issues in the Adobe database, Shamblin said it is not necessary for anyone to delete Adobe accounts. As long as users take necessary precautions to protect themselves, BU affiliates are safe to continue using Adobe products and services.

“Adobe is a good company,” he said. “They do a lot of good stuff, but unfortunately, there’s some small issues that they had, and they were the victims of this attack. That puts the rest of us at risk, and we need to take some action to help protect ourselves.”

CyberattaCk: From Page 1

when Adobe was the victim of a hack earlier last month, the usernames and passwords that people used to register their Adobe products, and in some cases to buy their Adobe products, could potentially be the same username and password that they use everywhere else.”

The hackers are attempting to gain password information through a program they developed that decrypts passwords, Shamblin said. By matching the usernames to the decrypted passwords, the attackers attempt to use personal accounts to log into highly trafficked websites.

“It will do all of this automatically and very quickly,” he said. “If the person has reused the same password in multiple systems, the fact that their information was leaked out from Adobe exposes them to risk in other places.”

Potential targets for the hackers include Facebook, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, YouTube and Google, as well as all major banks and credit card companies, Shamblin said.

Even BU Kerberos accounts are at risk if users employed the same password for their Adobe account as they did for their Kerberos.

“It’s possible that those people used the same password [for Adobe] as they did for their accounts here at BU,” he said. “We know for a fact that some of them did, because the password hint said the word ‘Kerberos.’”

The hackers’ violations include accessing Adobe IDs and passwords as well as removing customer names, credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and information regarding orders of more than 2.9 million customers, said Adobe Chief Security Officer Brad Arkin in a blog post on their website.

“Our investigation currently in-

Mass. Dems. ‘not concerned’ about losing voters for Coakley Prisco-Buxbaum said she is not concerned about Massachusetts’s residents voting against Democrats in the upcoming election.

“They [voters] are going to see the Republican Party is making an issue of something in order to continue diverting attention away from the real issues,” she said.

“Massachusetts voters will not be tricked by this move and they really know where the Republican Party stands.”

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“The Republican Party trying to deflect attention from the real financial issue that we should all be discussing, which is the crisis we faced in transportation as a result of the Big Dig financing decision that Republicans authored and Charlie Baker helped author,” she said.

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it still will be monitored and held to the same standards.

“Safety is our top priority and FMCSA is taking aggressive action to strengthen passenger carrier safety and enforcement,” said a Tuesday statement from an FMCSA spokesperson. “Lucky Star took the corrective actions FMCSA required to improve their safety to federal standards and re-apply for authority to transport passengers … [so] the agency reinstated their authority.”

Even though Lucky Star had to meet federal requirements to resume service, Yong said the improvements were already forthcoming before the June shutdown in the interest of their passengers.

“Customer service is important, and that’s what we stress,” he said.

“Before we got shut down, we [had] already ordered the buses and they were on their way, but we got shut down. These things happen … [our] service is still the same. We try to give better service.”

Some residents said they were excited for the service to return.

“At the point before it was shut down, I never would have ridden that bus, but it seems like they’ve gotten it together now,” said Fred Glynn, 58, of Boston. “It’s still cheap and since they were able to pass inspections, I’d say it’s great that they’re back and they’re still affordable.”

Elizabeth Tyler, 28, an employee at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center living in the South End, said

she was still wary of Lucky Star’s operations.

“I used to hear that people could ride in crates on the bus, but that’s not the right thing to do,” she said.

“I hope that they addressed all the issues, but I don’t think I would ever ride with them, because I wouldn’t want to be on something that’s unsafe for me to ride in.”

Mike Jonnes, 31, a limo driver from Boston, said the bus service being back was fantastic news.

“I have absolutely no problem using them,” he said. “Even before, they were the only way I ever went to New York. Of course, safety is the most important thing, so if it’s safe now, it truly is just the best. You can’t beat $15 to get that far, and saving money is a great thing.”

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than the size of their deficit and on net they increased their endowment by $3 billion. This has nothing to do with being needy, it’s just how you do marketing to try to get money from your wealthy alumni.”

Ellis said all universities suffered due to the recession, including BU, but the difference is that unlike BU, Harvard gets only 20 percent of revenue from tuition, compared to BU’s 50 percent.

“Every university needs to have a strategy of how to cope with the new electronic age, where some people are learning online, and willingness to pay high tuition is going down,” he said. “What’s missed in that argument is that Harvard offers substantial amounts of financial aid, so very

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few people are paying the list price.”

Another difference is Harvard’s reliance on the university’s endowment, Ellis said.

“BU had a large reduction in its endowment, but since it was only counting on its endowment for roughly 10 percent of spending, they only had to make up a few percentage points in that decline,” he said. “By not being dependent on endowment, we’re less sensitive to stock market decline, but it does mean we are more dependent on enrollment, revenue, tuition or grants since we don’t have the deep pocket to fall back on.”

Some residents said they did not see the deficit as an issue for Harvard’s expansion into Allston.

Hillary Gospodarek, 23, of Allston, said she hopes the project would not change the neighborhood.

“They’re Harvard and they have billions of dollars, so I don’t understand how they’re even in debt to begin with, especially with all of the rich people that go there,” she said. “I hope [redeveloping Allston] doesn’t put rent up further, but that’s my only real concern about it. I think it could make Allston nicer.”

Duyen Nguyen, of Brighton, said she couldn’t image the project not moving forward and Harvard will find other ways to ensure the development is completed.

“The deficit isn’t going to affect it in a significant way,” he said. “They might scale down, but [the project is] still going to happen. They are a really large, prestigious institution and they have alumni who are well off, so it will be successful.”

The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

A look back on a decade as Dean of Students.

Trisha Thadani Features Staff

PHOTO BY MICHAEL CUMMO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Dean Elmore smiled at students after jumping into the Charles River this May, along with College of Communication Class of 2013 alumnus Mike DeFilippis.

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etting up microphones and fixing lights as an intern in the George Sherman Union, Kenneth Elmore never expected to be sitting in his own office at Boston University 28 years later celebrating 10 years as the Dean of Students.

“It’s like so many things in life,” Elmore said. “You start out thinking one thing, and as you meet people, you start going down a different path. And then before you know it, you’re doing something different.”

Looking back on not only the past 10 years, but his whole career, Elmore realized these surprises became a common theme on his path.

Before Elmore became a staple on Commonwealth Avenue as the man with the winning smile, fresh suit and fancy bow tie, he had ambitions of becoming a high school teacher.

While studying psychology at Brown University, Elmore said he often visited his friends in Boston, a city he liked for its youthful charm and metropolitan feel. He knew early on in his undergraduate career that one day he wanted to earn his Master’s in Education at the school where Martin Luther King Jr. once studied.

“I just loved everything about being at the place [BU],” Elmore said.

“Particularly the community, and also the very nature of the people that you meet here at the university.”

In 1985, Elmore interned at the GSU to pay for his graduate school tuition. He also worked at the Student Activities Office for four years as the coordinator of programs, and then as assistant director of the department.

Not finished at BU yet, Elmore moved down the road to work in the Residence Life Office for 12 years, while simultaneously pursuing a different career path.

“I had a friend of mine who said, ‘Hey, look — have you ever thought about practicing law?’” Elmore said.

While working in BU’s Residence Life Office, Elmore took evening classes at the New England

School of Law. Though he did not originally intend to practice law, he realized how much he enjoyed the subject matter, and began to delve deeper into the prospect of making a career out of practicing law. Soon after realizing his particular interest in business law, he took a leave of absence from BU to practice law at two different Boston-based law firms for the next few years.

“I had some really good experiences with the law firms that I was at, particularly at the law firm that I was with at the time,” he said. “Really good people, very interesting work that I enjoyed.”

But about four years later, Elmore again diverged from this path to try something different.

“I only practiced law for about three to four years,” he said. “To me, that’s short.”

Without anything specific in mind, Elmore hoped to return to BU and teach after practicing law for several years. Then in 2003, the opportunity arose to interview for the Dean of Students position after Wendell Norman Johnson resigned.

Elmore walked away from the law firm and stepped right back into BU. This time, however, he was not fixing microphones and adjusting lights — this time he was overseeing thousands as the Dean of Students.

“It was a bit of a tough decision for me to leave and walk away from that [practicing law],” Elmore said.

“But I look back, and I have absolutely no regrets at all. It was like coming back home.”

Since becoming Dean of Students, Elmore said he has made a conscious effort of talk to students and get to know them on a personal level.

“I just move around, and I try to talk to people,” Elmore said. “I’m sure you’ll find students who say that you can stop me on the street, and I got this really bad habit of being late to things because I am talking to people.”

Katherine Cornetta, Elmore’s

first-hand assistant for the last seven years, said he has always been great at listening to his students. He made the Dean of Students Office a friendly and approachable environment, where students can come in and out freely with their concerns, suggestions or ideas, she said.

“He’s shown how we can be responsive as an office, and that has definitely improved over the years in just setting the tone for a studentfriendly office,” Cornetta said. “And all his ideas really put the students first in trying to create a great sense of university spirit.”

Cornetta said she constantly sees Elmore doing whatever he can to help his students channel their creativity and foster their passions in a positive and productive manner.

“It is very inspiring to work for him because you know that he’s never thinking of himself — he’s always thinking about other people, and about students, parents and alum, and how he can make their experience better,” Cornetta said.

Elmore said he is especially interested in how students learn and, as a result, he keeps a constant eye on what the Educational Resource Center and the Center for Career Development does on campus. He advocates for programs and initiatives that will resonate with his students’ values and interests, and will improve how they live their lives.

“We’re pro-youth here,” he said.

“Not just pro-BU.” Over the past 10 years, Elmore has watched BU evolve into the cosmopolitan and stimulating community that it is today. He said the biggest changes during his time here have occurred with technology and social networking. He uses social media to minimize the gap between students and administrators in order to create a more communicative environment.

“Students are definitely different [compared to 10 years ago],” Elmore said. “Students are a lot smarter, a lot more cosmopolitan and a lot more

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Kenneth Elmore, who first came to BU as a graduate student, is now celebrating his tenth year as Dean of Students.

focused at the same time too. So I love and appreciate that nowadays I can have more of a focus on the intellectual nature of the place — that’s what I like.”

Aside from being Dean of Students, Elmore defines himself as an academic, a politic and most importantly, a conversationalist. Cornetta said a lot of people don’t notice that Elmore is the same person both inside and outside of the office.

“He’s just a boisterous, really thoughtful, kind-hearted person, and it translates really well into his work because that is exactly how he is outside of work too,” Cornetta said. “He’s a really great mentor and friend to everybody.”

Elmore said the most vital part of his job is talking to and engaging with his students. His students are his main focus not only at BU, but also in the world. Because of this, Elmore makes sure that their thoughts and opinions are both heard and respected by others.

“I think talking to people is really important,” Elmore said. “There’s a conversation out there somewhere and I want to make sure that, if I can get involved in it, I would like to.

I also stop in at club and organization activities that are happening and have a conversation with people. I’ve been known to drop by the BU Pub or T’s Pub ... and chat with people too.”

As a father of two and Dean of about 16,000 students, Elmore said he tries to help motivate people into upholding personal integrity, and encourages them to foster their passions and reach for their dreams.

Student Government President and College of Communication senior Dexter McCoy said Elmore has been motivating and mentoring him since he visited the university as a prospective student.

“We have had many opportunities to just sit down and talk,” McCoy said. “He has inspired me to want more from myself, and to expect more from the people around

me. And that’s been incredible.”

Since becoming student body president, McCoy said his relationship has evolved with Elmore. However, they make certain their personal and professional relationships do not collide in the workplace.

“In a professional sense … we talk business,” McCoy said. “It’s about what we have to do for the community, what we have to do for the student body. But when we meet on a personal note, he really cares to know what’s going on with family and with me personally, and I don’t think that’s unique to me. I think he does that to whoever takes that opportunity or shows that they want that, because that’s just the type of person he is — he cares.”

Elmore said much of his position at BU is similar to being a father. His goal is to get people to understand where their passions lie and how best to channel their energies in a productive way.

“I think passion is this incredibly wonderful — and at the same time — really tough thing to deal with because it needs perspective,” Elmore said. “Love needs perspective.”

Elmore said he is grateful to be a part of the great momentum BU is experiencing at this time.

“I hope that … young people around the world continue to say, and even more so say, ‘this [BU] is the place that I want to be,’” Elmore said. “‘This is the place where I can come and learn and think deeper, and find that platform for how, in my own way, I can change the world.’ To me, that’s what I hope for the next 10 years — that we all are able to contribute to that ideal.”

After almost 30 years at BU and 10 years as the Dean of Students, Elmore has maintained the same sense of energy and zest for life, which has not faltered with the demands of his job.

“These past 10 years have not felt like such a long time,” he said. “I guess time flies when you’re having fun, right?”

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Condoms prevent pregnancy or STIs?

While Americans worry about teen pregnancy, young adults seem to forget that sexually transmitted infections are also side effects of unprotected sex. According to a TIME story Tuesday, fewer teens are using condoms than 10 years ago and more teens are contracting STIs. Before you begin to worry about an apparent epidemic among young people — and most sexually active Americans on top of that — here is what is going on with this inflammatory article. According to a Center for Disease Control report, 60 percent of teenagers used prophylactics or some form of contraception 10 years ago. According to the Education Council of Canada, 50 percent of college-age people are practicing safe sex.

We must consider this has happened over 10 years, that two different studies were conducted on two groups of people and that each study was performed by a different organization. It is easy to compare these two numbers and say that less people are practicing safe, clean sex. This isn’t definitive proof, however, that students are fornicating without a rubber. These statistics could be more indicative of an increase in birth control, but then again, who’s totally sure?

Let’s take a look at that first statistic.

The CDC said just more than 60 percent of young adults use some form of protection during sex, whether that is a dental dam, female condom, birth control pills or IUDs. That is 40 percent less than what the statistic should be. Far too many people are still having sex without total protection — either at risk of pregnancy or STIs — and something has got to be at blame for 20 million Americans contracting an STI every year.

The CDC reported in February that 88 percent of women used birth control pills.

While birth control is incredibly effective in reducing the chances of a pregnancy, they in no way, shape or form protect people from STIs. With reality shows like “16 and Pregnant,” the media surrounding having a child earlier in life than expected overwhelms Americans. With so much emphasis on hav-

ing a child, people tend to forget exactly how real STIs are.

Why are television shows that glorify having a child at 16 what people have to watch to learn about the repercussions of having unprotected sex? What about students that cannot impregnate their partners?

People that identify as homosexual are sidelined in most sexual education courses because there is such an obsession with pregnancy.

Over the past 10 years, 11 percent more people have used Plan B, according to the CDC report. In our society, laws have been passed to allow underage femalebodied people to purchase Plan B without a prescription. But, again, the discourse surrounding unprotected sex glazes over how easily it is to catch an STI. The main reason people use condoms is to avoid pregnancy nowadays. If you forget a condom, don’t worry, because Plan B also exists. Unfortunately, people are preoccupied with pregnancy and are not as concerned with STIs, especially because so many infections are not visible on the genitals.

We live in a time where there always seems to be a solution to a problem. Forget your phone? Facebook message your friend instead. Forget a condom? Take or suggest Plan B. But there is no immediate solution for STIs. They involve a doctor visit for a test and then a price tag for treatment options. It just seems a whole lot easier to worry about pregnancy than it is to worry about herpes or gonorrhea.

There is nearly not enough education about STIs in schools. There are thousands of schools in the United States still without sexual education courses. Students still learn that abstinence is the best way to prevent unwanted pregnancy and contracting diseases like trichomoniasis. The TIME article mixes two insoluble statistics, but it certainly opens up broader conversation on how the steady rate of contracting an STI is a combination of home experience and a lack of honest education.

Every now and then, I hear a statistic that gives me substantial pause, such as the fact that there are more than 1,000 chemicals in a single cup of coffee, or that vending machines commit double-digit murders annually.

But I especially can’t shake a statistic that I first heard in a biology class my sophomore year of undergraduate study: 46 percent of Americans don’t “believe” in evolution.

Now, I’m not sure I really understand how one could believe or not believe in something like that. “I don’t believe in milk either! Or baseball cards!” See what I mean? It’s sort of an invalid stance. But nearly half of this country takes that position.

That statistic disorients me. It disturbs me on a very deep level. I’ve literally lost sleep because of that figure. And what I’ve continued to wonder is why evolution?

What is it about evolution specifically that makes people put their hands over their ears and go, “La la la la! Nope! Didn’t happen!”

I’ve never met someone who denies the existence of gravitational pull or an atmosphere or takes the position that the moon is made of cheese. But I’ve heard entire “arguments” from people against evolution. There are lawsuits going on over whether to teach it in science classes, and there are governors who publicly say they don’t “believe it.” And far worse, hordes of Americans voted for these governors.

I find, overwhelmingly, the issue we have with evolution is personal.

“My great granddaddy wasn’t a damn fish-frog!”

We don’t like the idea of it. Humans like to look at ourselves as better than other living things. We can talk. We can play the oboe. We even poop in fancy marble chairs. People don’t like admitting the fact that they’re primates. Very advanced primates, but primates nonetheless. That would be beneath them somehow.

This same ugly, arrogant way of seeing the world manifests itself in the thing I’ve come to like least about Los Angeles.

There’s a certain materialistic hierarchy here that people like to fancy themselves as part of in this city. Some almost seem to revel in the idea of looking down at others.

An overt air of, “Look at me, I’m better than you,” gets emitted around town, whether it’s at restaurants, nightclubs or even innocuous places like fuel pumps — “I don’t put regular gas in my Porsche.”

There’s also a subtler form of snobbiness that seems to creep into the hearts and minds of otherwise pleasant people.

“There is no reason to ever go to East Los Angeles,” I can recall reading in my welcome brochure the day I moved here. That was listed under “tips.”

This love affair with trying to prove we’re better than others is like a virus that has mutated into its ghastliest form here in LA. I can see it in the arms race of rims and wristwatches made of Aztec gold on Wilshire Boulevard. I can taste it in my cocktail in West Hollywood as waiters are given undeserved grief by flashy patrons.

I can hear people on the Walk of Fame deciding that comrades asking for help don’t deserve their attention — “They’ll probably just spend it on beer.”

It infects our mind in the same way that we can seemingly be brainwashed into not “believing” in something like evolution. All it takes is an idea that somehow we are better than those around us, or that the whole universe was planted here with us, and only us, in mind. Then we support our hypothesis with scissor doors, bottle service and enough cologne to kill a small pack of rhinoceroses, until finally we’ve convinced ourselves that we really are better than others.

This epidemic is responsible for a graveyard of fatally wounded souls here in Los Angeles. Once this nasty disease reaches the bloodstream, you begin to lose touch with the world around you. You buy $90, plain white t-shirts. You refuse to eat sushi in certain neighborhoods. You mention in passing that, “there are too many homeless people around here.”

There are some dark nights when witnessing this virus really gets me down.

It can seem unstoppable, especially here on the frontlines of materialism. It makes the world feel heartless and void of all redeeming qualities. But then I remember that 54 percent of people don’t say evolution is a lie. That team is standing their ground, and they’re winning.

So, maybe that means the materialists and down-lookers aren’t running around unchecked. Maybe there are people who will stand and fight and say, “Having your nickname spelled out in diamond letters doesn’t make you better than your waitress.”

Frank Marasco is a first-year graduate student in Los Angeles. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.

Terrier Talk Reflections

More students are choosing their majors based on practicality rather than something they’re genuinely interested in, according to a study The Daily Free Press reported Tuesday. The FreeP wanted to hear students discuss what factors inspired them to choose their current major and what determines ‘practicality.’

Here’s what some of them said.

INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS

BY JUSTIN HAWK

ALEX VOLPICELLI

“On the contrary [in response to impractical majors]. I want to do broadcast journalism ... I’m studying that and that is something I want to do.”

-COM junior

JOHN VANDERKLOOT

“I’m a history major so I wouldn’t really say it’s practical. I suppose anyone in SMG or studying engineering could call [their majors] more practical. But this is what I enjoy, so that’s why I chose it.”

-CAS junior

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PRAGYA KALLA

“I’m a human physiology major.

I know plenty of people who started out in CFA and then transferred to Sargent because they didn’t really think that CFA will lead to a better future.”

-SAR senior

MIGDALIA ESCOBAR

“Choosing my major was actually a really hard choice because it means eight-plus years of schooling after undergrad. I definitely agree that it is easy to take a certain track that might guarantee a better job with less schooling or an easier major.”

-CAS junior

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Morris: Top teams need defense to help in case offense struggles Morris: From Page 8

Auburn University ran the table in 2010 and won the National Championship?

Their offense was incredible. They had the best player in the country in Cam Newton.

They put up 49-plus points in half of their games that season. But do you also remember the score of their National Championship game? It was just 22-19. Their offense wasn’t great. But their defense was able to carry them past, ironically, the Oregon Ducks. Their defense was tested, and they came through.

In fact, 12 of the past 13 National Championship game losers have scored under 25 points. This shows that defense definitely still wins championships in college football. There is no way to hide it. If you have a bad defense, it will eventually be exposed and you will lose. That’s exactly what’s

happened to Oregon. They couldn’t get it done on a day when their offense struggled.

In terms of college hoops, Indiana University and Duke University both had spectacular offenses last season. They both averaged near 80 points per contest. But I don’t remember either of them in the Final Four. Indiana scored only 50 points in their tournament loss to Syracuse University.

They found themselves in a rare low-scoring game, and couldn’t get it done. Duke scored just 63 points in their tournament loss to the University of Louisville. Their offense struggled a bit, and they couldn’t stop a nosebleed against the Cardinals. Offense can’t win it alone.

Let’s look at the NFL. Sure, it took the most surprising, lucrative and arguably best month by a quarterback ever from Joe Flacco. But the Baltimore Ravens wouldn’t have won the championship last year if

their defense didn’t have a resurgence behind the return of Ray Lewis, allowing them to hold the Patriots to just 13 points in Foxborough (God, this is painful to write about).

The 2009 New Orleans Saints are the last example of when the best offensive team in the league went on to win the Super Bowl.

But don’t forget what their defense did in the playoffs. They wouldn’t even have gotten to the Super Bowl if their defense didn’t force five turnovers against Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game. The defining play of that season came on the defensive side of the ball when Tracy Porter picked off Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl. They didn’t win the Super Bowl with just that great offense. It took an incredibly opportunistic defense. Defense still wins championships.

This past month’s MLB playoffs may be

the best example of all. Sure, the Boston Red Sox had the best offense in baseball in the regular season. But their hitting was downright awful throughout the playoffs.

Our shortstop literally swung with just his top hand on one of his many strikeouts.

But it didn’t matter. He played some of the best defense at shortstop I’ve even seen.

On days where our offense couldn’t do anything, our pitching and defense picked up the slack. That’s why the duck boats stormed through the city last weekend.

Oregon is just the latest example in a long line of high-powered offenses that were eventually shut down. Like it or not, defense still wins championships. You don’t have to be the ’85 Bears, but you have to be able to win a low-scoring game. Offense cannot cover up for a terrible defense forever. Eventually, you will be exposed.

Offense improves for women’s hockey Women’s Hockey: From Page 8

ration and it’s not just in sports. The way that she handles herself in school, somebody who is fully involved in the [Army] ROTC program, has taken graduate level classes, again, it speaks volume for what she does and how hard she works in all facets of her life.”

Offensive success predicated on passing the puck Since being shut out against Robert Morris University on Oct. 19, the offensive attack for the Terriers has been incredibly impressive. BU is averaging 3.5 goals per game, including 5.25 in their last four matchups.

While the pure number of goals has im-

pressed Durocher, the number of different players showing up on the score sheet has been more important to him.

“I think the fact that everyone is chipping in is nice,” Durocher said. “Whether it is [sophomore forward] Rebecca [Russo], [sophomore forward] Jordan [Juron] or [sophomore forward] Dakota [Woodworth] scoring or it’s [freshman forward Samantha] Sutherland scoring. Obviously [sophomore forward Sarah] Lefort and [junior forward Kayla] Tutino, they’ve been cashing in. Maddie Elia had a big night [Saturday against Maine].

“I think if you can keep rattling off names, six different scorers yesterday and different scorers today, I think that’s the answer to the question right there. A lot of people are getting involved.”

Women’s basketball to face physical Harvard Women’s Hoops: From Page 8

a paltry 30.6 shooting percentage in the second half.

“I thought our rebounding was fantastic last Friday,” Greenberg said. “Honestly, there were a lot of timely moments on Friday. We had a couple of our shots go in and out. When can we get a better shot, we really switched some things up. I think we did well in making the change to playing zone and playing man and how we are defending overall. I was pleased with our team making adjustments as the game went on, and I’m confident that we won’t be as bad as we were [in terms of shooting percentage.]”

Meanwhile, the Crimson will return to Lavietes Pavilion to continue their 15game winning streak at home after trekking to Chicago to beat California Polytechnic State University, 83-76, in the DePaul Maggie Dixon Classic. After last year’s overtime thriller that BU won by a score of 68-61, the all-time series between the Terriers and Crimson are tied at 14 overall.

With three starters and 11 letter-winners returning this season, the Crimson will

continue to play toward the physical abilities of their roster. Like last season, Harvard will lean on senior guard Christine Clark and junior forward Erin McDonnell to lead the offensive charge. Clark finished with 22 points in the win against Cal Poly (0-2), while McDonnell is averaging 13.0 points per game.

Defensively, Harvard also imposes an impressive frontcourt led by London native Temi Fagbenle. The junior forward has already recorded three steals on the year and led the team in blocks per game (1.3) last year.

“They have tremendous size up front,” Greenberg said. “That in itself will cause some problems. We’ll focus on keeping them from doing so well. They are very different from Northeastern. They play an up-tempo game. As you can tell, they have and will score a lot of points. We really want to be aggressive and push the ball, and because of that, I would expect it to be a bit of a shootout. But I like our defense and our half-court defense and hopefully we’ll get in their way. We’ll see how the game goes on for us, and we’ll respond to what they’re doing.”

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against the Wolverines, but was still able to record four points, four assists and a steal.

Perhaps good news for the Terriers is that the River Hawks play a similar style of basketball.

“I think they have pretty good play in their back court,” Jones said. “We’re similar in a way that they do a lot of pick and roll offense. I think they try to really compete on the defensive end. So I think it’s very similar. I hope that we have a little

more experience than they do and hopefully that will play a part in the game.”

The game is particularly important for the Terriers, as it serves as the 2013-14 season home opener.

“I think it means a lot to our players,” Jones said. “It’s a big game for us. Every game is big, but I think this one is a little special because we get to come out and play in front of the home crowd for the first time. I think our guys will be ready to go.

It should be a good, competitive game.”

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Driving The Lane

Defense is Key

John Morris

To all of you who are shocked

by Stanford University’s upset of the University of Oregon Thursday night, I ask you: Why? How could you not see this coming?

First off, the exact same thing happened last year. More importantly, this happens to every great offense in any sport. There is always a game in which they struggle. And if you don’t have the defense to keep you in it, you will lose.

Maybe it was hard to imagine that the Ducks wouldn’t get on the scoreboard until the fourth quarter. I’ll give you that. But this offense was not going to keep up at the pace that they were going.

There was going to come a point where they would have to win a hard-fought, close game. This was that game, and they failed.

Their defense and ball security proved too weak to win this type of football game.

From the makeup of this team coming in, it should come as no surprise. One-dimensional teams with high-powered offenses cannot win championships in any sport, and that’s not to say that you can win with defense alone either. You obviously have to be balanced. But the best defense is not a good offense. The best defense is a good defense. We have been shown time and time again that a great offense cannot hide deficiencies on the defensive side of the ball.

Unfortunately for me, one of the best examples of this is the New England Patriots. Every year, we have a top-three offense (Well, maybe not this year, but tell that to the 55 points we laid on the second-ranked Steelers pass defense). But eventually, high-powered offenses are slowed down. If you can’t win a game in the teens or low twenties, you’re screwed. That’s what’s happened to the Pats in recent years.

I challenge you to name a team that won a championship in any sport simply on the back of their offense. In college football, the exact opposite is happening. The University of Alabama is dominating the sport because they have the best defense in the nation every year.

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W. Basketball @ Harvard, 7 p.m.

M. Basketball vs. Lowell, 7 p.m.

Men’s basketball gets set to take on Lowell for its home opener Wednesday, P.8.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Men’s basketball prepares for Lowell BU looks for 1st

win in 2013-14 against Harvard

By Jacklyn Bamberger Daily Free Press Staff

After defeating Northeastern University Sunday afternoon at TD Garden, the Boston University men’s basketball team will host the University of MassachusettsLowell Wednesday night at Case Gym. The clash between the Terriers (1-0) and the River Hawks (0-1) marks the first time that the teams have faced off since the 1985-86 season.

The Terriers come into the match hoping to ride the momentum from Sunday’s win. If BU can defeat the River Hawks, it would be the first time in that the team has started 2-0 on the year since the 2000-01 campaign.

The team will once again look to the stellar point guard play of sophomore Maurice Watson Jr., who led the team with 16 points, five assists and four rebounds against Northeastern. Sophomore guard John Papale also played a key role in Sunday’s game, scoring 13 points, including two clutch free throws. The Terriers are expecting a big contribution from freshman guard Cedric Hankerson, who started his collegiate career on Sunday with eight points off the bench.

Although the team is riding high after the weekend’s victory, BU coach Joe Jones said he believes that his squad still remains focused and ready to face the River Hawks.

“I really believe and trust in our players,” Jones said. “I think they understand that each and every day, you have to prepare yourself to be successful … We have great leadership from our seniors and we have a lot of experience coming back. I’m confident that we’ll be ready to go tomorrow.”

Pat Duquette, a former assistant coach at Northeastern University and Boston College, is in his first year as head coach at Lowell. The River Hawks return three starters from last year’s squad that went 15-13 in Division II play. This year also serves as

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Sophomore John Papale scored 13 points in the men’s basketball team’s season opener against Northeastern.

the River Hawks’ first year as a Division I program in the America East Conference.

In the River Hawks’ first game of the season at No. 7/9 University of Michigan Friday, Lowell held strong. The teams went into halftime tied 23-23, but the Wolverines went on a 21-2 run to open up the second half and ultimately won the game 69-42. Lowell senior guard Akeem Williams led the River Hawks with 16 points,

seven rebounds and two assists.

Freshman Tyler Livingston came off of the bench to add 10 points and nine rebounds.

Last year, Williams averaged 19.9 points per game and 3.3 assists. Junior guard Chad Holley, who averaged 11.2 points per game last season, is another go-to player for the River Hawks. Holley found himself in foul trouble

Men’s basketball, see page 7

Another day, another matchup against a local rival for the Boston University women’s basketball team.

After losing their home opener to Northeastern University by a score of 72-63, the Terriers (0-1) will be looking to rebound with a win Wednesday night as they travel to play Harvard University in their first road game of the young season.

BU started Friday’s game on a strong note despite losing three starters — senior guards Mo Moran, Chantell Alford and Kristen Sims — from last year. Senior guard Danielle Callahan had an impressive effort against the Huskies (1-0), scoring a career-high 27 points while posting three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Unfortunately, it was not enough, as Northeastern ran away with six unanswered points late in the second half for the win.

There’s no doubt that Terriers will be relying on Callahan’s consistent production to beat Harvard (1-1), though BU coach Kelly Greenberg is also adamant about the young team’s continued development down the road.

“The most important thing about [Friday night] was getting the experience,” Greenberg said.

“Some people played together for the first time, and of course the rookie players who were playing were a bit nervous. We are much more comfortable out there now.

We’re not going to have so many questions.”

BU also played solid defensively despite the continuous adjustment of a new rotation of guards. As Greenberg admits, the focus for the week will be towards improving an offense that went 19-of-62 overall and churned out

WoMen’s hoops, see page 7

Elia given top weekly Hockey East rookie honors after 6-point week

By Joon Lee Daily Free Press Staff

Following her phenomenal four-point effort for the No. 8 Boston University women’s hockey team against the University of Maine on Saturday and her six-point tally in three games last week, it was only a matter of time before freshman forward Maddie Elia was awarded the Hockey East Rookie of the Week.

The accolade for Elia was officially announced Monday afternoon, when the Terriers were also named the Team of the Week for the second straight week.

Elia, a native of Lewiston, N.Y., assisted on all three gamewinning goals last week as the Terriers (9-1-1, 6-0 Hockey East)

swept their trio of matches last Wednesday against the University of Connecticut and Saturday and Sunday versus the Black Bears (0-7-3, 0-3-3 Hockey East).

BU coach Brian Durocher has been impressed by the poise that Elia has displayed in her first year with the Terriers.

“She’s obviously shown everybody that she’s comfortable at this level of play,” Durocher said.

“The one thing that sticks out is that because she has such great reach and super-hand skills, she tends to beat one or two people almost every game. Going on a one-on-one or a two-on-two, to walk by a defenseman at this level is not very easy.

“When you can do that, you

quickly create odd-man situations and she’s done that just about every game we’ve played this year, so that would certainly be her strength that I’ve noticed in the early part of her college career.”

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M. Hockey @ Maine, 7 p.m.

W. Hockey @ St. Cloud, 6 p.m.

Cross Country @ NCAA Northeast Regional, All Day

Sperry posting career-best numbers Senior goaltender Kerrin Sperry has been a backbone for the Terriers throughout her college career. Through her consistent performance, Sperry has always given her team the chance pull out a victory.

While Sperry was good for BU during her first three years between the pipes, the North Reading native has saved her best for

W. Basketball vs. Rhode Island, 1 p.m.

W. Soccer vs. Harvard, 3 p.m.

W. Hockey vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

her final year with the Terriers.

Through the first 11 games, Sperry is posting numbers significantly better than her career averages, sporting a 1.42 goalsagainst average with a .950 save percentage while notching an 8-01 record. Her previous bests in GAA and save percentage came in her freshman campaign when she had a 1.63 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

Durocher believes that Sperry leads the Terriers, both on and off the ice.

“Her leadership is in how hard she works,” Durocher said. “Everyday, she’s very committed to her off-ice training, to her prepa-

WoMen’s hoCkey, see page 7

Sunday, Nov. 17 M. Hockey vs. UConn, 5 p.m.

M. Basketball @ UConn, 12 p.m.